{"podcast":{"title":"To-The-Trade with Interior Design Community","slug":"to-the-trade-with-interior-design-community-7139516","podcast_index_feed_id":7139516,"rss_url":"https://api.riverside.fm/hosting/rhnvxGta.rss","website_url":"https://interiordesigncommunity.com","image_url":"https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/imports/podcasts/f0ba38bf-4b78-48ad-a474-8119edb9236f/40450460-1727805130829-ab5e16bf2bd73.jpg","author":"Interior Design Community","episode_count":100,"summary":"Introducing \"To-The-Trade,\" the ultimate podcast for interior designers. Our mission: to provide business and productivity hacks for better work/life balance. Join industry leaders and experts as we explore trends, strategies, and practical advice. Elevate your design business, manage clients, build your brand, and stay ahead with technology. Achieve success and fulfillment in your career. Listen to \"To-The-Trade\" now!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-15T18:19:08.801377+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/to-the-trade-with-interior-design-community-7139516"},"episode":{"title":"To-The-Trade S3E08 Kelly Collier-Clark on Confidence, Career Pivots, and Charging What You're Worth","slug":"to-the-trade-s3e08-kelly-collier-clark-on-confidence-career-pivots-and-charging-what-you-re-worth","published_at":"2026-03-23T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/to-the-trade-with-interior-design-community-7139516/to-the-trade-s3e08-kelly-collier-clark-on-confidence-career-pivots-and-charging-what-you-re-worth","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/to-the-trade-with-interior-design-community-7139516","url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/90aa1bffc99a1757107e03fb353e3f5ab14e20c084217e664b1c0ec04cac7df0/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiIwMDJjY2I3NS05ZDc4LTQxN2YtYTBlMi00Yjk3NDU4YzgzNTIiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJmMGJhMzhiZi00Yjc4LTQ4YWQtYTQ3NC04MTE5ZWRiOTIzNmYiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2ODc2YTc3ZjY0Nzc5MGE4ZDAwNmViYjYiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjliZDcwOTI3ZDU5ZWI5N2QzNmMxNTExL3RvLXRoZS10cmFkZS1jb21wb3Nlci0yMDI2LTMtMjBfXzE3LTYtNDIubXAzIn0=.mp3","audio_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/90aa1bffc99a1757107e03fb353e3f5ab14e20c084217e664b1c0ec04cac7df0/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiIwMDJjY2I3NS05ZDc4LTQxN2YtYTBlMi00Yjk3NDU4YzgzNTIiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJmMGJhMzhiZi00Yjc4LTQ4YWQtYTQ3NC04MTE5ZWRiOTIzNmYiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2ODc2YTc3ZjY0Nzc5MGE4ZDAwNmViYjYiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjliZDcwOTI3ZDU5ZWI5N2QzNmMxNTExL3RvLXRoZS10cmFkZS1jb21wb3Nlci0yMDI2LTMtMjBfXzE3LTYtNDIubXAzIn0=.mp3","summary":"Kelly Collier-Clark of House of Clark Interiors came to interior design after nearly 20 years in corporate America, a real estate license, and a full life lived before she ever took her first design client. When House Beautiful named her a Next Wave Designer, she found out at a restaurant and cried in the bathroom. It was earned. In this conversation with Laurie Laizure and Nile Johnson, Kelly gets into the real work behind confidence, the business logic behind marketing strategy, and why pricing clarity is a professional responsibility, not just a personal choice. On confidence: Kelly is direct. She did the work. Temple University's design program. Paid mentorship. Years of corporate experience in rooms where she was often the only woman and the only Black woman. The confidence she brought to design didn't come out of nowhere. And her message to newer designers is consistent: faith without works is dead. Show up, do the work, and the confidence follows. On strategy: Laurie opens with a marketing story about a small bikini brand that infiltrated a celebrity's inner circle before going directly to the celebrity. Kelly connects it to the sphere-of-influence principles from her real estate training. Know your ideal client. Know where they spend time. Be in those rooms. She's moved intentionally to LinkedIn because that's where her former corporate colleagues, the professionals with real budgets, are spending time. On showing up as yourself: Kelly's best content advice is also her clearest. Clients are doing research before they ever reach out. They're watching your stories. She's had new clients mention her honeymoon location in the first consultation. That level of trust doesn't come from AI-generated captions. 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